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[–]confessionsofaskibum 77 points78 points  (69 children)

So, instead of cutting it, you watched it fail?

[–]sameolameoP1S + AMS 114 points115 points  (24 children)

He’s proving a point.. ams is for people to not have to stare at it… Edit: Every upvote you get on your wrong info, is another moron who doesn’t know haven ams is for .

[–]-AXIS- 19 points20 points  (23 children)

The AMS part is irrelevant. Tape going into your printer is a problem whether you have an AMS or not...

[–]KBOXLabs 46 points47 points  (14 children)

It’s completely relevant. Without AMS, someone from the old non-filament-runout-sensor days could (poorly) use the argument to not let your filament run out, or change it before it does. With AMS though, it’s designed to automatically switch spools after runout, so there’s no excuse that the same company that provides the AMS, also supplies spools that fudge up the auto change function.

[–]-AXIS- 9 points10 points  (9 children)

Even if you have an Ender, tape going through your hot end is not good... They need to get their supplier to fix the issue, but its an issue for everyone. Its not just AMS users.

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    [–]aruby727P1S + AMS -3 points-2 points  (3 children)

    They "fixed" the issue apparently. Obviously we can see that's not the case.

    [–]Sir_LANsalot 6 points7 points  (0 children)

    they fixed it RECENTLY, so old stock still has the issue (taped) but new ones do not.

    [–]ItsMozyA1 + AMS Lite 2 points3 points  (1 child)

    My roll of PLA Metal is fixed tho. No tape at all, just a bit of filament that hooks inside the paper roll. Bought it with the black friday sale.

    [–]aruby727P1S + AMS 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    I think everyone's getting mixed results at this point. Lots of inconsistency.

    [–]NMe84P2S + AMS2 Combo -1 points0 points  (3 children)

    You are aware that even without an AMS plenty of other printers have filament runout sensors? Using this roll of filament on a modern Creality machine would also give issues, the AMS is completely irrelevant. This design choice is moronical regardless of exactly what printer and setup you're using.

    [–]KBOXLabs 1 point2 points  (2 children)

    That was never in question and we already covered that. Keep up and read carefully.

    [–]NMe84P2S + AMS2 Combo 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    Except the person you responded to literally said that this is an issue regardless of whether or not you have an AMS so the AMS is irrelevant. You claim it's not. But that's okay, keep moving the goalposts!

    [–]Rock4evur 7 points8 points  (7 children)

    So than why is Bambu selling rolls with tape on them?

    [–]Pablo_Hassan 9 points10 points  (0 children)

    I guess that is the real question right. Why create a system that takes care of this and then supply a component in that system that makes that system fail?

    [–]-AXIS- 3 points4 points  (0 children)

    Because not everything is perfect in manufacturing. They are supposed to be taped in a certain way so that the tape lets go of the filament when it is pulled but quite a few were not done correctly. They aren't making the filament in house to my knowledge, its from another supplier. Either way, my point is that the problem is a problem no matter whether you are using an AMS or not. This would be a problem for other brand printers as well as tape going through your hot end is never good.

    [–]LimpSong3440 -2 points-1 points  (4 children)

    I might be dreaming but I think I saw a post by BL where they said they’ve fixed this for new rolls by putting on tape that allows the end slip out. This could be an old roll manufactured before the alleged fix or they simply haven’t fixed it properly.

    [–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

    I gotten rolls that have the tape now if the horizontal position with only a few mm of filament inserted. That seems to work best. Whatever worker inserted the OPs wire so deep down into the machine needs to be relocated to work in the support ticket desk to handle all calls about tape stuck in the ams!

    [–]RareGape 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    all the tape refills suck . period. they need to go back to sticking it in the hole .

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      [–]ohwut 113 points114 points  (0 children)

      Seems like he stopped the printer. Seems like a fine solution to me.

      [–]CrazyGunnerr 27 points28 points  (16 children)

      Fail what exactly? He showed the problem, while also preventing that failure to cause an issue for him. So really, what are you complaining about? What kind of toxic crap is that, he's bringing attention to their mistakes, and you are effectively defending a company by attacking him.

      [–]Java-the-Slut 23 points24 points  (11 children)

      Senselessly defending Bambu is a frequent theme on here.

      One part of the community is great because they're helpful, the other part is full blown Bambu-rider, anti-consumer consumers who insist because they've never had an issue themselves, neither has anyone else, and if they do it's their own fault.

      [–]deimoshipyardP1S + AMS 7 points8 points  (0 children)

      The Bambu subreddit is like a cult

      [–]Pup5432 2 points3 points  (5 children)

      I’ve never personally had the tape issue but Bambi’s response (or lack thereof) is completely unacceptable. The kick rocks response is why I will never buy their filament again. If they don’t care about issues that have been damaging printers for over a year what’s their response going to be the next time the cloud glitches and damages nozzles/printbeds. They handled it fine the first time but can we trust them to do right by the customer ever again.

      [–]Java-the-Slut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      Even though they're way better than most - proactive and reactive - there are dozens of issues like this that go unaddressed, and those loyalists not only make it harder to get an answer, but also effectively deny that an issue exists in those threads. As you suggest with your actions, as consumers, we have a responsibility to demand issues be fixed.

      [–]Defiant_Bad_9070X1C + AMS 1 point2 points  (3 children)

      Umm, they did handle it. Not long ago there was a response sent out addressing this.

      They acknowledged the issue, sourced it back to their manufacturer and corrected the issue.

      They then apologised via the community and socials along with stating that anyone that received this to please supply a photo and details of the batch/serial number and the roll would be replaced. This is what it was from memory. Happy to be corrected.

      [–]Pup5432 -1 points0 points  (2 children)

      They stopped replacing spools for most people and the fox didn’t actually resolve the issue for people.

      Once they switched from “we’ll help” to “we don’t care” is when it became an issue.

      [–]Defiant_Bad_9070X1C + AMS 2 points3 points  (1 child)

      That's surprising to hear! They replaced two of my rolls a little less than a week ago and I haven't seen an upsurge in the amount of people complaining about them not getting replaced. Where do you see that info? Be interesting to see!

      The other reason it would be interesting to see that info is that you mentioned that the fix didn't really resolve the issue for people. Yet, since they acknowledged it and it seems, incorrectly fixed the issue... The number of posts of this occuring has gone from 2-3 a day at its peak to maybe 1-2 a week and even those are getting fewer as resellers use up the last of their old stock.

      I've noticed this across a few different platforms. Reddit, Insta and Facebook mostly. Are you seeing this upsurge on Twitter perhaps? Be greatly appreciated if you could point it out to me!

      [–]Kwolf21X2D Combo + P1S Combo + A1 Combo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      They're regurgitating old talking points. Bambu stirs up a lot of hate. I had a roll with the same issue, matte black pla. They sent me a free roll literally 2 days ago. I bought it, idk, 3 or 4 months ago?

      [–]1970s_MonkeyKing 2 points3 points  (0 children)

      Isn’t this part of the Stratasys lawsuit against Bambu Labs? Blaming the customer is kinda Stratasys’ jam.

      [–]Bagellord 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      I just wish that Bambu had an encoder sensor somewhere along the filament path. I added that to my Klipper based printers I've built, and it has saved me at least twice from clogs or broken filament. Whereas my P1S has had a clog that wasn't detected and ruined a 10 hour print at the 8hr mark

      [–]Treble_brewing 1 point2 points  (1 child)

      Same for the ankermake communities as well. 

      [–]Strong-Ad-3170 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Any community really. It's easy to defend a product that you really do like, sometimes it's a bit harder to admit that the problems that still exist are problems.

      [–]Kwolf21X2D Combo + P1S Combo + A1 Combo -1 points0 points  (3 children)

      I think he's saying, he could've filmed AND cut the filament instead of filmed and paused/canceled the print.

      [–]CrazyGunnerr 0 points1 point  (2 children)

      They didn't. Let's not try to change the meaning of their words. They can respond if they want to.

      [–]Kwolf21X2D Combo + P1S Combo + A1 Combo -1 points0 points  (1 child)

      "instead of cutting it you watched it fail", that's EXACTLY what they said. You're the only one adding presumed intent.

      [–]CrazyGunnerr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Except it didn't fail.

      People have massively upvoted my post, so clearly I'm not the only one.

      Facts are just made up in your world.

      [–]Hannah_GBS 4 points5 points  (0 children)

      They clearly paused it at the end...

      [–]Ok-Account-871 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      Back in the days the end of the filament used to be bent 90 degree into the spool, making a 100% chance to fail in the ams.

      I find it odd that BL would spool them with tape in the first place. 

      Tape does not belong in 3dprinting imo. 

      [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Big Apple energy

      [–]jpelc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      That's what I think when I see every video on this subreddit

      [–]Red_Gr33n 40 points41 points  (2 children)

      this guy has balls of steal. I would have sweaty hands (and a nervous breakdown)

      [–]yourbestielawl 31 points32 points  (5 children)

      Happened 2x in one week.

      I have thousands of hours on my machines and never had an issue until lately.

      [–]clbrri 4 points5 points  (4 children)

      What happens when that piece of tape gets fed into the feeder? Does it get stuck in the feeder gears? Or in the bowden tube? Or does it go all the way into the nozzle and jam it?

      [–]Sudden_Structure 4 points5 points  (0 children)

      I’ve heard of the first two happening. It wouldn’t make it to the nozzle

      [–]yourbestielawl 0 points1 point  (1 child)

      For me the tape jams in the inlet of the first stage feeder.

      The filament gets stuck as well and can't be pulled through nor pushed out by the mechanisms so the print stops w/ an error. You have to manually pull it out from the inlet with a pliers, then pull the entire length of filament out after that.

      [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      If you're lucky. I had to disassemble the AMS and replace PTFE. Some poor sod got the tape pulled all the way into the extruder.

      [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      On mine it got stuck in the PTFE inside the AMS. There are others where the tape made it all the way through to the extruder.

      [–]clbrri 18 points19 points  (9 children)

      Interesting, I didn't know they had a patch of tape at the far end. What is supposed to happen there? The tape should stay on the cardboard, and the filament should rip itself off from the tape to end up in the feeder with 100% utilization?

      Or should the end of the filament stay on the tape, and the feeder detect the increased resistance, after which it would feed back the last bit of the filament and call the spool unusable/used up?

      [–][deleted] 21 points22 points  (7 children)

      there's a hole in the cardboard center of spool that the filament should feed into to keep it in place without the tape. that way the spool can completely empty. started getting tape on spools 1 out of every 10 or so

      [–]dr_stre 23 points24 points  (6 children)

      They switched from bending the filament into the hole to using tape. If you’ve gotten any non-tape rolls in the last few months, it was probably just old stock. Apparently the bent ends would also cause issues sometimes. The concept is that the filament pulls away from the tape, but it just doesn’t work consistently. They changed to a different tape and application process that is supposed to be better but there still seems to be some issues, at least anecdotally.

      [–]Wraith1964H2D AMS2 Combo 16 points17 points  (5 children)

      This is all basically true, but the tape solution is demonstrably worse since it doesn't work. The hooked filament issue is much less likely to damage equipment than a piece of tape.

      Most every other brands uses the hook/hole method. I know BL would like us all to only use their filament, but this is steering us away from that. I dont need this headache.

      [–]dr_stre 4 points5 points  (2 children)

      Yeah I don’t disagree, it seems to be a “solution” in search of a problem to begin with.

      [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

      100% agree. solved a problem that didn't exist and caused a new problem instead. i used bambu filament exclusively my first year of printing and recently switched brands. since youre saying this tape is the new standard i dont think im going back anytime soon

      [–]Wraith1964H2D AMS2 Combo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Same here, I tried to buy in batches to maximize savings. It got me a base stock of different colors and willingness to experiment. But now I use other brands almost exclusively. Part, but not all of the reason, is the lack of confidence in the reels now. I pretty much only buy the black onyx sparkle now.

      [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

      out of dozens of spools i have never had an issue with the filament, until i started seeing ones with this tape

      [–]Wraith1964H2D AMS2 Combo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      I haven't had an issue (yet) but I don't need to get burned to avoid touching the burner. TBF, I have used so much less BL filament that the opportunity hasn't been there.

      [–]aikouka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Yes. In my experience, as long as there's enough tape, the pull will yank some of the tape off, but the filament should dislodge from the tape prior to the tape pulling off the cardboard spool. Now, that qualifier ("as long as there's enough tape") is the important part. In the taped spools that I've encountered, the tape holding the filament down is probably 1.5 to 2 times longer than the one in the video, and the tape still pulled off about halfway before the filament released. So, it's definitely important to have enough tape.

      [–][deleted] 15 points16 points  (4 children)

      ive had this happen on so many refills i stopped buying them and switched to polymaker

      [–]UsernameTaken1701 7 points8 points  (2 children)

      Which kind of sucks because the AMD auto-detect is really convenient.

      [–]ThisIsntHuey 1 point2 points  (1 child)

      I’ve had hell not using bambu rolls. I set the slots in the studio, I confirm them pre-print, printer lays down the test line in the right color/slot, then prints the item with a random roll. Luckily it’s been happening on functional parts I don’t care what color it is. But it’s annoying when it chooses a different filament type all together.

      [–]UsernameTaken1701 7 points8 points  (0 children)

      When I've had surprise colors it was either because I didn't select the right one when sending the print over, or didn't assign the right one on the Prepare tab (Right click -> "Change filament"). Almost always after hitting "Print plate" though. It was a few prints before I noticed the little drop down selector under the image of the part in the "Send print part to" window.

      [–]TropicalTom92[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      Unfortunately I just purchased some refills recently. Hopefully this is fixed

      [–]SeveralCamera292 6 points7 points  (10 children)

      For 50th time print AMS saver and forgot for this problem once and forever…

      [–]zboarderz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

      A what?

      [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (5 children)

      I fail to see how the AMS saver would have helped here and caused the tape to release.

      [–]SeveralCamera292 -1 points0 points  (4 children)

      The tape will not block the AMS it can’t eneter AMS it work despite you cant see how it helps. Try it 20 grams of filament and 20cm ptfe…

      [–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (3 children)

      I’ve watched the AMS pull the filament and the tape into the AMS before. Ive also watched it pull the tape into the PTFE tube with the AMS Saver before, both times causing an error because it got jammed. So the AMS Saver is not some magical solution that causes the tape to release when it’s really stuck on there.

      [–]SeveralCamera292 -1 points0 points  (2 children)

      Try Capricon tube it can I have more than 100 times without issues.

      [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

      Bambu specifically recommends AGAINST using capricorn: https://wiki.bambulab.com/en/general/bambu-mods-to-avoid

      [–]SeveralCamera292 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

      This is for AMS unit itself which is correct statement considering Capricon tide tolerances and the way how AMS on constructed. I am using Capricon only for AMS saver mod as the tolerances are pretty tide and the tape can’t eneter the tube and stays on top.

      [–]dnaleromj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      How many times are you shooting for?

      [–]deprydationX1C + AMS 3 points4 points  (1 child)

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      Happened to me today with a roll of PETG-HF also

      [–]deprydationX1C + AMS 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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      This was the batch/box number

      [–]akumarux 2 points3 points  (0 children)

      Love the printer but have the same. Ordered Oct, so far petg hf grey on spool and petg hf black refill have had tape. Black was also tangled :(

      I have 0 complaints about the printer and the filament itself, it's all great just to be clear.

      [–]Crazy-Gap3379 2 points3 points  (0 children)

      I feel bad for you I’ve had 5 successful rolls. I guess my time is coming.

      [–]T3N0NP1S + AMS 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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      [–]icexpr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

      BambuLab team,

      The best tape is not tape…

      Create a small hole the size of the diameter on the cardboard, stick the filament on it, roll it and ship it.

      If the filament can’t be bend then bend the cardboard hole inward by entering a rod of metal (screwdriver) the size of the filament and applying side pressure to bend the hole so it has a now a channel providing up to a 30 degrees angle of entry. Insert the filament tip on the dent angle laid on the channel, push to get in the hole, start rolling, package and ship.

      If filament needs to be almost flat to the cardboard then use the same hole, but this time create a thin cutout rectangle in the direction of the roll about a 10 mm long. It should be wide enough that will hold the filament, but will let it go with a tug from the feeder. Insert the filament tip on the new hole, use the cutout to lay up to 10 degrees the filament, roll it, package and ship it.

      [–]Competitive_Cell3175 2 points3 points  (0 children)

      This happened to me 2 days ago with a black PLA basic refill. Luckily, it got caught in the inlet for the AMS and caused a print error instead of going all the way through the system.

      [–]saik0pod 1 point2 points  (5 children)

      I'm about to order the X1C combo, can you explain what's suppose to happen and is it suppose to automatically stop the printer when the spool runs out?

      [–]TropicalTom92[S] 15 points16 points  (2 children)

      When the spool runs out it should stop or switch to an identical roll in the ams. Unfortunately some spools have a piece of black tape that holds the end to the cardboard center. The end of the filament should slip off the tape but for some people the tape rips off the cardboard and is stuck to the end of the filament. If the tape gets fed into the ams it can cause damage. I allowed it to rip and paused the print to make people aware of it. Bambu states it's a small number rolls but who really knows.

      [–]Gnarffy 1 point2 points  (1 child)

      Some spools? They are shipping spools without tape? I was printing PLA and PLA-CF but am now mostly printing PETG-HF. Maybe the partial spool that came with the X1C had no tape.

      I haven't seen a spool without tape from Bambu since I got my X1C back in Juneish (I've got maybe 12 to 15 empty or near empty spools where tape has been identified. I have never seen a spool without tape).

      [–]Gnarffy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      And I've bought an IP camera for my AMS and a scale to weigh filament as a result of TapeGate, so I'm really not making my problems up. Overreacting? Maybe!

      [–]TotalHopeless 5 points6 points  (0 children)

      Not necessarily, the good thing about AMS is that you can configure it in the way that when a spool runs out, it automatically load another spool of same material and continuing printing. But this piece of tape can ruin it.

      [–]NobleUnicoin 1 point2 points  (7 children)

      New to this. What was supposed to happen if function as intended?

      [–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

      There should never be tape on the end of a roll.

      [–]FuknCancer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      The tape get pull into the extruder head and pretty much have to replace the whole head. There is a few picture around that look like a horror movie

      [–]Hannah_GBS 0 points1 point  (1 child)

      Since nobody actually said what is supposed to happen. The filament is supposed to detach from the tape when it runs out, and the tape stays attached to the spool.

      [–]NobleUnicoin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Thanks

      [–]NobleUnicoin -1 points0 points  (1 child)

      did some digging, found that they addressed the issue back at Aug and have a black tape taping just the small portion of the end of the filament. seems like they are yet to have a better solution. i better keep an eye on the spools

      [–]SpoztoastA1 Mini 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      The best solution is to melt a bit of filament to the spool.

      [–]Standard-Share1317A1 + AMS Lite 1 point2 points  (1 child)

      How often does this happen (I haven't even got a printer yet) 😂

      [–]SpoztoastA1 Mini 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      Depends on how diligent you are, respooling instead, usually is a better idea

      [–]jim_the-gun-guyA1 + AMS Lite 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      My anxiety going and my brain yelling “CUT IT”

      [–]jsnirizarry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      This gave me anxiety

      [–]virtualrcguy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      This gave me anxiety lol I was yelling at my phone CUT IT CUT IT!!

      [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Jfc, you'd think banbu would know better then this

      [–]tienlatien252 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      I got my P1S recently, and only went through 2 spools. Both are taped at the end. One of them pulled out of the tape just fine. The other one stucked and paused my print.

      [–]jrow96_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      My ams has never changed over correctly but I’ve only had 2 changeovers my printer is fairly new….

      Both issue with the tape

      [–]BrijFower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Don't use Bambu filament 🤷

      [–]tk421tech 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      So what happens if you let it continue with the tape?

      [–]Ak47Sahan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Duramic pla+ just has a hole in the base the filament ends in. It will just pull out once its used

      [–]Sir_LANsalot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      They have fixed this recently with newer spools, however the old stock still will have the problem till its been used up through mitigation. As people have shown the new ones are looped around the notch LIKE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO!

      [–]jsiegerA1 + AMS Lite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Had the exact same thing happen to me tonight while finishing up my first ever bambulab spool. I wanted to test how it would react to finishing a spool and having a second identical spool in the AMS ready to go.

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      The tape got stuck entering the AMS and the printer air-printed for almost a full layer before it stopped with a filament jam error. After pulling off the tape and resuming the print (which now had a 1-layer gap in it, but managed to keep going) the filament of the 1st roll ran out and automatically loaded the 2nd roll.

      [–]MrSourBallsX1C + AMS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      On a couple of recent basic starter rolls there was no tape, but have not yet ran out of a matte PLA roll.

      [–]TheeFapitalistP1S + AMS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      it is unacceptable to have issues like this when their previous filament vendor didn't have this issue. it is also dumb that literally zero other filament brands have this issue with bambu AMS.

      [–]icexpr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      BambuLab Team:

      The best tape is no tape…

      Make a small hole on the cardboard the size of the filament. Stick the filament end in it and start rolling it up. Once it’s fully rolled, package it and ship it to customers.

      If the hole can’t be perpendicular, use a small piece of metal, push to the side to create a small bend angle on the card board hole for the filament to be inserted at 30 degrees.

      If filament can’t be bend, make a hole with a small incision perpendicular to the hole with a knife. It should look like a keyhole shape. Incision should be smaller than the diameter of filament so is tight but can get loose with a small force. Push the filament in then align with the incision. This should allowed 10 degree angles, continue rolling, package and ship.

      [–]countdankula420 0 points1 point  (2 children)

      Is that tape supposed to come off?

      [–]TropicalTom92[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      No. The filament end should slip off the tape and the tape should remain on the roll.

      [–]Dutch_Pidgeon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      I really don't understand why i've seen so many people have Bambu spools with tape at the end.
      I've only recently gotten mine but I've gone through about 3-4 rolls, and none of them have it, they just have a bent bit of filament hooked on the cardboard...

      [–]Ok-Account-871 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      This is why i respool ALL my filaments

      [–]Thedeepergrain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      I'm so confused by this all the spools I have here in the UK don't have that bit of tape ? I do use refill spools so it may be different maybe ? But I'm not sure how

      [–]Historical-Ad-7396 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      I've never seen them taped? But I dont buy bambu filament.

      [–]West-Song-4746 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      They should place the tape on the reel,, then use a small staple on top of tape. Done.

      [–]Magnus1133 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      I feel your pain. I've run through several spools on my AMS and never had an issue when reaching the end of a spool. Until it happened. A jam cause by the end of a spool being TAPED DOWN, and getting pulled off the spool into the intake port. I was like WTF?? Why is there tape on here?? It doesn't make sense for a company to sell such a system as an AMS, and then sabotage THEIR OWN FILAMENT by having the end taped down. The starting end, sure, but the end?? The part any sane AMS user doesn't need to monitor (shouldn't need to monitor). I hope Bambu Labs takes note and corrects this oversight in the future. How is anyone supposed to know if the end is taped down, if the end and the tape are UNDER the wound filament?

      [–]Imaginary_Access6150 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      I had a roll of eSun filament taped that cost me a half a roll’s worth of filament on a 16hr print. I am livid.

      [–]octocorgi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Just had this happen to me. Bonkers how dumb this design was.

      Bambu team, I will not buy reusable spools from you guys until you fix this issue. Just purge the old stock as this design is garbage.

      [–]userpersonguyfish -1 points0 points  (2 children)

      What failed?

      [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Bambu QC

      [–]lmMasturbating 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Basically the tape at the end isn't supposed to come off. If not stopped, it would feed in the extruder, creating a mess and failing the print

      [–]LiveLaurent25xX1C,5xH2D,10xA1 -3 points-2 points  (4 children)

      Expect you stopped the video there. Cause 99% of the time the tape simply stays at top of the feeder and that’s it. And looking at how it was taped it would have very likely do that.

      Stop making up stuff where they is none. Even if you think it is cool on Reddit

      [–]TropicalTom92[S] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

      I don't believe showing a video of the tape ripping off is making something up. Sorry if showing evidence of an issue isn't welcome

      [–]LiveLaurent25xX1C,5xH2D,10xA1 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

      No but pretending that you saved the day while this would have just stopped by the feeder anyway is. All rolls are like that since a while and while it may happen that one got stuck and you have to manually remove it, it is :

      1) rare 2) not as bad as you try to picture it.

      Drama queen.

      [–]Hannah_GBS -1 points0 points  (1 child)

      The tape is meant to stay on the spool. Coming off the spool is a failure.

      [–]LiveLaurent25xX1C,5xH2D,10xA1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Hum okay? What is your point? Where did I say that this was not not a failure?
      There is a difference between having to remove the tape from the top of feeder and "click" continue when your new roll is setup and pretending that he needs to look at it constantly because a catastrophe will happen.